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Best Bow Rake Options
Reviews

The Best Bow Rakes for Your Lawn and Garden

Level soil, spread gravel, and rake wet leaves after adding one of the best bow rakes to your gardening tool kit.

Mulching bed around the house and bushes, wheelbarrel along with a showel.
Lawn & Garden

Solved! When to Plant Hostas

Learn the best time to add these low-maintenance plants to your landscape.

The Best Pool Shock
Reviews

The Best Pool Shock to Get Your Pool Swim-Ready

Prepare your pool for warm weather fun with a pool shock treatment to remove any microorganisms lurking in the water.

The Best Concrete Resurfacers
Reviews

The Best Concrete Resurfacers for Interior and Exterior Repairs

Give that tired old concrete a face-lift with the best concrete resurfacer.

how to build a yurt
DIY

How To: Build a Yurt

Yurt construction may be millennia old, but now there are building kits that make it easier to build a new yurt.

10 Creative Driveway Ideas Your Neighbors will Want to Copy
Exterior

10 Creative Driveway Ideas Your Neighbors will Want to Copy

Whether your driveway is in need of a complete renovation, or some dazzling DIY enhancements, these ideas will have your home stealing the show.

Smoke Detector Chirping The Battery Drawer is Open
Reviews

The Best 9V Battery Options for At-Home Use

Whether you’re powering children’s toys or smoke detectors and you need 2 batteries or 2 dozen, we’ve found top-quality 9V batteries to suit your needs.

The Best Back Saw Options
Reviews

The Best Back Saws for Precise Cuts

Sometimes overlooked, back saws are versatile tools that offer control and precision that just isn’t possible with powered saws.

The Best (and Weirdest) Things You Can Do with a Tree Stump
DIY

The Best (and Weirdest) Things You Can Do with a Tree Stump

Their majestic boughs offer shade on a hot day and their leaves turn brilliant colors in the autumn months, and they become so much a part of our home that we wish our favorite trees could live forever. When a beloved tree dies, or must be cut down, it doesn’t necessarily signal the end of the tree’s usefulness. Turning tree stumps into landscape ornaments is a wildly popular concept. Follow along as we take you on a delightful tour through woodland abodes where fairies dwell and lofty birdhouses that are sure to please even the most finicky of birds. You’ll find stumps designed for rest and recreation, and along the way, perhaps you’ll be inspired to tackle your own tree stump transformation project.

How to Transplant a Tree
Lawn & Garden

How To: Transplant a Tree

Do you have a poorly located tree? There's no need to chop it down! With the right tools and techniques, you can transplant a tree to another area in your yard.

The Best Table Saw Accessories Options
Reviews

The Best Table Saw Accessories for Your Workshop

If you want to customize your table saw, the best table saw accessories can improve its safety, accuracy, and capability.

Hand use remote controller for closing and opening garage door
Exterior

6 Things to Know About Garage Door Opener Installation

Garage door opener installation can seem like a complex task, but with these tips and guides, you might be able to handle the job on your own.

boil water advisory
Interior

Boil Water Advisory 101: How to Safely Sanitize Water at Home During an Emergency

Whether it’s due to contamination or natural disaster, our water supply is sometimes declared unsafe to drink. Knowing how to sanitize water in an emergency prevents illness and provides peace of mind until the water advisory is lifted.

13 Ideas for a Vegetable Garden With Serious Curb Appeal
Exterior

13 Ideas for a Vegetable Garden With Serious Curb Appeal

Let vegetables, fruit, and herbs take center stage by planting them in your front yard.

Best Lawn Ornaments
Reviews

The Best Lawn Ornaments

Accentuate the landscape, add a decorative touch, or emphasize a home’s best exterior features with any of a variety of lawn ornaments.

how-to-grow-grapes
Lawn & Garden

How To: Grow Grapes

Grow juicy and refreshing grapes for snacking, juicing, or wine-making. Trailing grapevines are a pretty and versatile addition to your home garden—all you need is a sunny space and a support for the vines.

11 Plants You Should Never Start Indoors
Lawn & Garden

11 Plants You Should Never Start Indoors

Save room under your grow lights for plants that need a head start. These veggie, herb, and flower seeds do much better when they’re sown outdoors.

8 Important Things Your Garden is Trying to Tell You
Lawn & Garden

8 Important Things Your Garden is Trying to Tell You

If your flower and vegetable beds appear as blighted as the Garden of Eden after the serpent slithered through, perhaps those plots are trying to send you an urgent SOS!

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Lawn & Garden

Why You Should Take Down Your Backyard Bird Feeder—at Least for Now

Salmonella infection has hit songbirds hard in 2021. Stop the spread, and protect your feathered friends by (temporarily) putting away your bird feeder.

How To: Fold Shirts to Save the Most Space
Interior

How To: Fold Shirts to Save the Most Space

Keep your shirts organized and wrinkle-free with this easy folding method.